Category Archives: personal growth

Sorry about the mess

Posted on August 9, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

Okay…let’s put this in perspective… That last post…truly, not really nice on my part. I love people.  Really, really. No, people don’t have to be smart to be my friend.  Everybody has something they are good at.  I want to … Continue reading →

Posted in On friendship, personal growth, personal issues | 2 Comments

This other me…this other life

Posted on July 31, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

A metamorphic process is underway in me.   It’s something that began 6 years ago…when I stepped out of the treadmill of conventional service-for-pay employment. I’ve been engaged in some online conversation about finding meaningful work when you have many gifts/talents … Continue reading →

Posted in butterfly, career, combining science and motherhood, creative space, gifted adults, gifted support, intellectual stuff, Intensity, introspection, On friendship, personal growth, personal issues, selective mutism | 5 Comments

A healing journey

Posted on July 29, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

This has been the post that’s been on my mind for over a week now. I haven’t found the words to convey my feelings about the healing journey I went on last week, when we went by train to seek … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, Attached Dad, incompleteness, introspection, personal growth, trauma | 6 Comments

Marriage, motherhood and the philosophical mind…

Posted on July 15, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I am hoping I could generate some input regarding a person’s intense need for philosophical inquiry and making room for a personal life. What I’m referring to is the endless struggle between feeding the intellectual needs and, being a social … Continue reading →

Posted in gifted adults, gifted support, intellectual stuff, Intensity, introspection, mindfulness, personal growth, personal issues | 6 Comments

Who needs sleep?

Posted on July 10, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I woke up this morning about 3:30 to the sounds of our dog, Tinkerbell, barking.  I stumbled out of bed, sans glasses, let her out of her crate, and opened the back door to let her outside – or tried … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, Attachment Parenting, Depression, incompleteness, Intensity, mindfulness, personal growth, personal issues | 7 Comments

The journey continues.

Posted on July 6, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I’ve been stuck in awareness but no growth, hung suspended in time, grappling with the past and the impact on my present. I have had MANY revelations as to why I’m stuck. Stumbling on the concept that I probably have … Continue reading →

Posted in existentialism, gifted adults, gifted children, gifted support, incompleteness, intellectual stuff, Intensity, On friendship, overexcitabilities, personal growth, personal issues, Writing, Yalom | Leave a comment

Following new leads.

Posted on July 6, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

What if the puzzle pieces are falling into place…the cloud of despair is lifting…and I could almost deal with life again knowing there are steps to take (non-medicated ones)? What if I can build on my strengths and work around … Continue reading →

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Trauma resources

Posted on June 6, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I am about a month and a half shy of my 40th birthday.  The week prior to this day the girls had 7 meltdowns (I counted) and my husband had a full blown panic attack (his first) that I helped … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, Attachment Parenting, booklists, career, combining science and motherhood, Depression, emotion coaching, faith, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, loss of parental love, mind and body, overexcitabilities, personal growth, personal issues, reaching out to others in need, selective mutism, synchronicity | 4 Comments

Narrowing the focus.

Posted on May 19, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I met a woman at the local grocery store whom I’ve never seen before. She was a tall woman with light brown hair and she had 4 young boys in tow – a four-month old, a 2 year old, a … Continue reading →

Posted in combining science and motherhood, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, overexcitabilities, personal growth, personal issues | 4 Comments

And there’s that synchronicity thing again.

Posted on May 15, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

After I verbalized my frustrations in the previous two posts, I went to a garage sale yesterday after picking up middle daughter from kindergarten and I found a very interesting book called The Good Enough Child: How to Have an … Continue reading →

Posted in Intensity, motherhood, overexcitabilities, personal growth, personal issues, synchronicity | 6 Comments